October 2023 Release

Production Release Date: October 25

Product Enhancements

Updated Metadata in Recognition Actions

In some programs, recognition categories may be the same within different exchanges. To help match recognition activity with its exchange, we've added the exchange name to the recognition action's metadata. You can view the metadata when returned via API or in the Users view.

Metadata Example

User Preferences in Reports

If your program includes user preferences, you can return those preferences in Actions, Missions, Points, and Users reports. To add preferences to a report, add the User Preference column to the report list and type the preference name in the header. See Create a Report for more information.

User Preferences in Data Export

Updated Recognitions Search

To improve search performance and return recipients faster, we updated how we return results in the Recognitions recipients list. This list now returns smaller batches of users as you refine your search and type in additional characters.

Recognitions Block Search List

Product Fixes

Fixed an issue where ineligible missions displayed in the prerequisites list of a locked mission. When a user is not eligible to complete a mission, that mission will not display in the list of tasks needed to unlock the mission.
Fixed an issue where the subtitle did not display in the Recognitions block.
Added an error message to the Recognitions builder that displays when a point category is not set on an exchange that allows points.
Updated the firstName and lastName user preferences to accept letters (any language), numbers, hyphens (-), underscores (_), periods, commas, backticks (`), and spaces.
In the Block Builder, we fixed the following issues:
- The sidebar was not set to a fixed width.
- Exchanges did not show in the Settings drawer's Select Exchange list.
- When deleting a block, it required two clicks instead of one.
- The "Confirm Deletion" modal did not close when clicking anywhere outside the modal.
- The Recognitions embed code was missing a / in the URL.
- The languages file did not download from Languages drawer.

* Upcoming API Deprecation *

Effective with the November 2023 release, we will deprecate and remove the following API and parameter from the platform. Update any code that uses these calls in advance of the November release.

GET /search - Update your code to call the API for the specific object you want to search on (for example, /actions, /challenges, etc.).
GET /users/{userId}/exchanges/{exchangeId}/recipients preferences parameter - Update your code to stop sending preferences with the API call.